Contrary
to claims by the labor department, the labor front continues to be restive.
Thousands of workers have been on strike in many companies, the most recent
being SM Mart, Inc., Rustan’s, RFM and the Manila Midtown Hotel in
Metro-Manila; and Nestle in Laguna. Strikes have also hit General Offset Press,
Speedway, Interbay and LCE.

Bulatlat.com
is posting recent reports about labor strikes and signs of widespread workers’
dissatisfaction in many parts of the country. As workers strike more are junked
off the thinning lines of employed and the bigger army of unemployed is just
growing that government claims of an economic turnaround are just simply idle
talk to the labor sector.